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Pre paid SIM card in US

In April, I was in New York (Mid town) and checking about pre-paid GSM SIM only card.
For some reason, the first two shops (T mobile and Cingular) said that I have to buy the phone as well as part of the pre-paid package. To be honest, when I think back now, I am not sure if I have made clear to them or they understood me correctly.
However, without giving up, I went to another Cingular shop, they happily got me a pre paid SIM. The girl said that usually they charge a connection fee but she is waiving it (some kind of promo must be), and she said I can buy a card in $10, 30 or 50). As she did not have a $10 in stock I bought a $30. That was just great. It is just 10 cents per minute within US, and 15 cents to Canada. I did not check the Australian rate, but I made a couple of short calls. I did not use it heavily, but after two weeks in US, I still had about $15 left in the card.

I was very very pleased as if I did not get this, I would have had to use Roaming, which would have cost me about $1.00 to 2.00 per minute.

Great value. I would strongly recommend.

BTW, GSM is gaining popularity. My phone is a tri-band Nokia 6600. It is worth buying a tri-band as they do not cost much extra nowadays.

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Re: Global roaming is a killer!

Originally Posted by luckydog

I happily used my triband Nokia in the US.... until I got home and saw the bill and nearly died! Global roaming is a great way for phone companies to make money.

I always divert all incoming calls to messagebank, and use my phone as an SMS pager to tell me someone has left a message (no cost there). Then I use a calling card or an IP Softphone on my laptop to retreive my messages and call the person back.

I use my phone for short intra-USA calls, but not for international calls home.

Prepaid T-mobile & Cingular

I can assure you that you do not need to buy a phone to get a pre-paid card. The big HOWEVER is that you have to go to a Cingular- or T-Mobile owned store to get it - their franchisees know nothing about it

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Re: Prepaid Mobile/Calling card in US

Originally Posted by RTWFF

I can assure you that you do not need to buy a phone to get a pre-paid card. The big HOWEVER is that you have to go to a Cingular- or T-Mobile owned store to get it - their franchisees know nothing about it

Originally Posted by NM

I always divert all incoming calls to messagebank, and use my phone as an SMS pager to tell me someone has left a message (no cost there). Then I use a calling card or an IP Softphone on my laptop to retreive my messages and call the person back.

I use my phone for short intra-USA calls, but not for international calls home.

OK you LOTFAP regulars, I'm off there very soon. Seem to be great ideas.